Course

Specialised Project in Petroleum Engineering (PET931)

This course gives the PhD candidate a fundamental and specialised knowledge in the project topic. The candidate will learn to understand the fundamentals of the used methods and the many aspects of petroleum engineering. The topic of this project course will be decided on an individual basis and depends on the field of specialisation of the PhD student.


Course description for study year 2025-2026. Please note that changes may occur.

Facts

Course code

PET931

Credits (ECTS)

10

Semester tution start

Autumn

Language of instruction

English

Number of semesters

1

Exam semester

Autumn

Time table

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Literature

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Content

The topic will be decided on an individual basis and depends on the field of specialisation of the PhD student. The project topic may be a subfield of one or several of the petroleum engineering disciplines.

Learning outcome

After the course, the candidate should have fundamental and specialised knowledge in the project topic. The candidate should fully understand the fundamentals of the used methods and the many aspects of analysis and interpretation. They should understand and be able to communicate the scientific and / or industrial importance of the project results - on a broader scale than the actual project topic.

Required prerequisite knowledge

None

Exam

Form of assessment Weight Duration Marks Aid
Oral exam 1/2 45 Minutes Passed / Not Passed
Report 1/2 Passed / Not Passed


Report and an oral presentation. Both parts of the assessment must be passed in order to pass the course.

The student has to write a report and give an oral presentation on the same topic. In agreement with the student, the supervisor of the PhD student defines the topic at the beginning of the course. The report may, e. g., be an internal report or a congress abstract. The oral presentation accordingly may be official or unofficial (with or without audience). The decision regarding format, the length and structure of the report and for the oral presentation is made by the supervisor.

Course teacher(s)

Course coordinator:

Reidar Brumer Bratvold

Course coordinator:

Alejandro Escalona Varela

Head of Department:

Alejandro Escalona Varela

Method of work

The student will work on an individual petroleum engineering project which thematically is related to the PhD topic. The topic of the project must be such that the project results can be presented orally.

Open for

Technology and Natural Science - PhD programme

Course assessment

There must be an early dialogue between the course supervisor, the student union representative and the students. The purpose is feedback from the students for changes and adjustments in the course for the current semester.In addition, a digital course evaluation must be carried out at least every three years. Its purpose is to gather the students experiences with the course.

Contact

Course coordinator:

Reidar Brumer Bratvold

Course coordinator:

Alejandro Escalona Varela

Head of Department:

Alejandro Escalona Varela

Offered by

Faculty of Science and Technology

Department of Energy Resources

The course description is retrieved from FS (Felles studentsystem). Version 1